That’s what’s so gorgeous about humanity. It doesn’t matter how bleak our daily lives are, we still fight for the light. I think that’s our divinity.…

- Mary Karr

Memoir is not an act of history but an act of memory, which is innately corrupt.

- Mary Karr

Such a small, pure object a poem could be, made of nothing but air a tiny string of letters, maybe small enough to fit in the palm of your hand. But …

- Mary Karr

I'm doomed to act like myself, even when it's inconvenient!

- Mary Karr

Reading is socially accepted disassociation. You flip a switch and you’re not there anymore. It’s better than heroin. More effective and cheaper and …

- Mary Karr

The words and sentences you take into your body from books are no less sacred and healing than communion. Surely at least one such person lives in yo…

- Mary Karr

I find a great deal of comfort and care in my faith and prayer. I'd sooner do without air than prayer.

- Mary Karr

Sure the world breeds monsters, but kindness grows just as wild.

- Mary Karr

A dysfunctional family is any family with more than one person in it.

- Mary Karr